Iced Coffee WordsIced Coffee WordsPersonal musings of Belfast-born Photographer and Music enthusiast. Music, media and arts updates from Northern Ireland. 
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Going to University
2009-09-14 10:00:00 I walked out of the interview convinced I hadn’t got it; that I hadn’t said enough or shown that I had enough of a clue. I didn’t mention having had a number of exhibitions, photographs in local and national newspapers, having worked with a number of high profile clients. I did say that I’ve developed ... More About: University
Twestival Local
2009-09-09 09:39:00 The first Twestival took place in Feburary, with money raised going to Charity:Water, this time around Twestival Local is hitting the Bunatee bar in Queens Students Union on Thursday from 7pm in aid of Camphill NI - which was established to teach, train and care for those with special needs because of their various mental, ...
New Design
2009-09-08 09:05:00 After a few months in my head, and a few weeks fiddling with CSS, I’ve changed the design of the blog. I think I’m happy with it. But it’ll only be a matter of time before I find something I don’t like. Background = #FFF Text = #000 Font = “Helvetica”,”Arial̶ 1;; Font size = 12pm Line-height = 1.3em Images = 700px For ... More About: Design
Barry?s
2009-09-07 22:39:00 When I was younger no trip to the house in Portstewart was complete without plenty of pestering: “Mum can we go to Barry ’s?” “Dad, Can we go to Barry’s?” “CAN WE GO TO BARRY’S?!” More often than not the answer was no. It was harder on the occasions we passed through Portrush to get to Portstewart. Oh there were ...
I?m not into plane spotting but?
2009-09-06 21:51:00 The annual Airshow at Portrush was this weekend and I was there yesterday for just a little plane spotting. It wasn’t the most exciting event in the world. But quite cool none-the-less and well worth it just to have super-jumbo the Airbus A380 flying straight for the cliff edge I was sitting at with other ... More About: Plane
The Varionis
2009-09-05 11:29:00 Some shots from a recent photoshoot with Belfast band The Varionis.
Meeow - My New Housemates
2009-09-03 20:58:00 My Granny loved cats and had one for as long as I remember. This was the first, and for a long time, the only feline I had contact with. As much as I wanted one of my own - though more so a puppy - the best I could hope for were hamsters and goldfish. ...
I was a web designer for a day
2009-09-03 00:39:00 Today was the first of the Future of Web Design (pronounced FOWD) UK Tour by Carsonified; a company who love large type and are “love with the web”. I’m not a designer. I’m not a developer. Why did I attend? Well, I too love the web. Unfortunately I’ve pretty much always lacked that part of the brain that’s ... More About: Designer , Web Designer
Fav Photo - Towards The Cranes
2009-08-27 12:30:00 I’m going to attempt to start my ‘favourite photo’ series, having not done it since before the Summer. Eventually I will run out of images, but I like the idea of documenting some of my earlier photos that haven’t seen the light of day (and maybe a few that have, but you probably haven’t seen ... More About: Photo
20/20
2008-05-27 11:57:00 What Belfast lacks, the Oh Yeah Music Centre hopes to inject with full force. After various drunken discussions, big ideas were turned into reality in the form of the Oh Yeah Project, which seeks to address the imbalance of talent versus facilities that had previously existed in Belfast. The vast talent to come from Northern Ireland ...
iced coffee photoblog is back
2008-05-26 14:25:00 As the title suggests, I spent all day yesterday rejuvenating the photoblog, something I have been meaning to do for many months now. It is finally done, and it wasn’t even has hard as I thought it would be. It would be great if you could add it to your RSS feed. I plan to update ... More About: Coffee , Back , Photoblog
belfast flickr meetup 25th may 2008
2008-05-26 11:14:00 It was a great weekend. Mostly spent chilling out, listening to music, watching Pushing Daisies, which I really don’t like and must stop watching immediately, watching terrible movies including this one along with a very moderate amount of alcohol. Saturday afternoon though, was the Belfast Flickr Meetup at the Continental Market at the City Hall, with ... More About: 2008
what prevents me from blogging
2008-05-24 12:24:00 The 9-5 Taking photographs Editing photographs Reading blogs Grey’s Anatomy/House/Scrubs/Curb Your Enthusiasm Reading news/general browsing Social networking Working on music related projects Eating Sleeping More About: Blogging
dublin photowalk
2008-05-23 20:41:00 Last Sunday began quite hazy, with the initially irritating, but soon quite relaxing, and reassuring, sound of the DART outside the window. It was a beautiful morning, set to be a great day. I quickly left the hostel and scurried around the streets hunting for an ATM, Red Bull and somewhere to have breakfast. After ... More About: Dublin
lets get drunk and dance
2008-04-25 11:30:00 It’s been a while since I went to a club and drank many alcoholic beverages into the early hours of the morning. Having had a taste of just that the other night, not so much in the alcohol consumption but in the atmosphere and drink consumed by the free spirits all around me - including ... More About: Dance , Drunk
what mob?
2008-04-18 19:12:00 That was no mob! A pitiful performance! You should be ashamed of yourselves - those who didn’t make the effort. Its a team effort people! In this photo are a few of the mobsters. Here is all the space available for potential mobsters Those who were there were awesome! A small group, who gathered afterwards, including Duke Special ...
flash mob belfast
2008-04-18 11:24:00 TODAY Flash Mob gathering in Belfast Victoria Square ground floor 1pm Like this, only more people - hopefully. It may not be quite so populated as London’s Flash Mob on Friday 11th April, but we can try.
ten to twenty
2008-04-17 11:45:00 It was like putting on a pair of glasses for the first time. I don’t wear glasses, so it was like putting on a pair of glasses when my eyesight is 20:20 and seeing everything totally distorted - only in reverse. In a good way. A new lens. I got a nice pretty new lens. The ... More About: Twenty
mac impressions
2008-04-15 01:24:00 So as you probably know, I recently made the transition from Windows to MacOSX. Having only used friends’ Macs, very infrequently and only first in late 2007, I managed to be convinced that ‘mac-is-best’ fairly quickly. Having used Windows for all these years (im going with since I was 8, so at least 14 years), ... More About: Impressions
short and snappy - documentary screenings at titanic quarter
2008-03-27 10:10:00 SNAP! Screening a series of short documentaries from FourDocs and 3 Minute Wonder. Thursday 27th March 2008 The Drawing Office, Titanic Quarter , 2 Queen’s Road, Queens Island, Belfast [MAP] Doors open 7pm, screening at 8pm Free admission Part One 3MW: Mouthing Off: Scoring (Ken Wardrop) 3MW: Lee Kern’s A-Z of London: Love (Lee Kern) 4Docs: Kebab (Khaldoon Ahmed) 4Docs: Rose Thieves (Jane Cheadle) 3MW: Little ... More About: Documentary , Short , Snappy
look MOM!
2008-03-26 10:46:00 Recently I’ve been working with local promotion company Moving On Music, who specialise in classical, traditional, world, rock and jazz music. MOM are putting on a mini-festival in the Black Box from today, 26th March, to Sunday 30th March, encompassing many great musicians, as well as film screenings before each show. In the Café, however, a selection ...
from the archives
2008-03-22 19:29:00 A random photo from the archives. This photograph was taken on this day in 2006 More About: Archives
mac anticipation part 3 - hardware
2008-03-21 18:28:00 The majority of my hardware concerns stem from the fact that it is a laptop - which is not the fault of Apple Inc. I have mostly disliked laptops in general for a few reasons, but now I find that having a laptop will prove much more beneficial. The keyboards are difficult to get used ... More About: Hardware , Part , Part 3
mac anticipation part 2 - software ii
2008-03-20 21:18:00 The next hurdle is part software part hardware - the ability to play all-region DVDs. Not completely necessary, but certainly a nice thing to have. Even if I have only done it once - The Bourne Supremacy which I bought in NYC in the Summer, but t hen I got the trilogy for Christmas. It’s more ... More About: Software , Part
mac anticipation part 1 - software I
2008-03-20 10:18:00 The Macbook Pro has been dispatched. In a matter of days it will be mine! There are many things I am looking forward to, as well as many Windows habits I’m not looking forward to trying to kick. So lets see what these are: Software Of course I know that with my Mac I will be able ... More About: Part
mac anticipation part 1 - software I
2008-03-20 00:18:00 The Macbook Pro has been dispatched. In a matter of days it will be mine! There are many things I am looking forward to, as well as many Windows habits I’m not looking forward to trying to kick. So lets see what these are: Software Of course I know that with my Mac I will be able ... More About: Part
saint patrick facts
2008-03-19 23:26:00 Well I live in Ireland so I can’t forget about St Patrick ’s Day now can I. I like to keep it pretty quiet - see last year’s rant for why. The plan was to take photographs of the parade as it made its way from the City Hall to to Custom House Square, but of course ... More About: Facts , Saint Patrick , Saint
saving my face
2008-03-11 22:05:00 For over 2 years I have used the most clichéd self-portrait of a photographer ever as my avatar for most sites online; my blog, myspace, facebook (until just recently), bebo, lastfm and a few others. Yeah that one with the camera at my face, taking a photograph of myself in the mirror. The first was ... More About: Face , Saving
irish blog awards 2008 - part 2
More articles from this author:2008-03-04 00:40:00 There had been rumours that this year would be better than the previous two, and with the addition of intros, music and a few words from George Bush it was. Once again, but very deservedly, Twenty Major won the award for best blog, coinciding with the recent release of his book the two prizes go ... More About: Awards , Blog Awards , Blog , Irish , Part 1, 2, 3, 4 |
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